From classic sights to lesser-known gems and transport tips to seasonal highlights, here’s the lowdown on visiting Japan.

TOKYO, October 8. /TASS/. Mount Aso volcano has rumbled to life in Japan, the country’s meteorological authorities said on Saturday. The volcano located in the Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan’s ...

TOKYO, April 19. /TASS/. A new volcano eruption has been observed on Mount Aso in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday. This is the second eruption on Mount Aso ...

Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted shortly before ... smoke rising from the crater up to 11,000 meters high. The Japan Meteorological Agency at that time raised the volcanic alert level ...

YAMAGUCHI—An eruption of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture 90,000 years ... the longest such distance recorded in Japan, a scientist said. Tomohiro Tsuji, an assistant professor of geology ...

Known as the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan's civilization dates as far back ... For centuries, Japanese artists and poets have been inspired by Mount Fuji's almost perfectly round form.